Lungi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada have transformation critics shook

On Wednesday, South Africa beat India in the second match of the Freedom Series. But really it was the 21-year-old debutant Lungisani Ngidi who was the star of the show. He took six wickets on debut, including Virat Kohli, which is a fantastic achievement for the player. Best of all, the entire scorecard was made up entirely of black players. World Number 1 Kagiso Rabada took three wickets while Ab De Villiers got a run out. The Daily Vox team rounds up.

The Proteas took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match series, winning the match by 135 runs.

It was Vernon Philander in the first game who brought the game home for the Proteas. So, best of all, this game was a big slap in the face of all of those old white boys of cricketwho love bringing up transformation quotas whenever the Proteas lose.

Especially former Proteas player and commentator, Daryl Cullinan who literally said “Cricket is inherently not a black man’s game.”

#Ngidi & #Rabada take all the wickets in #SAvsIND 2nd Test, Rabada now the No.1 Test bowler in the World. And we were made to think black people can’t play cricket & are only in the #Proteas to fulfill a quota 🤔

Fatima is one of the The Daily Vox’s Jozi journos. She still hasn’t figured out her beat but loves writing about anything from women in sport, mining in SA and destroying popular opinions about pop culture characters.